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[The ADD]

with all the shyt he has said, why hasn't lorenzo or someone higher than dana ever told him to chill the fuk out. i don't mind for him to speak his mind, but how you trash your own fighters guys like goodel, tagliabue, stern never craved for the spotlight/attention like this guy, it's fukkin unbelievable.

lmao, he saying ronda is the biggest superstar the ufc has ever had. yeah let's see how big of a star she is when them ppv #'s come in, if this ppv does anything over 400k i will be shocked. ufc 170 is a fukkin dud waiting to happen, there's a reason why tickets were so cheap unlike the other events. ronda is popular but in no way shape of form is she a bigger draw than brock or gsp.

You forget those other people you named don't own a penny of those leagues.

He gets out of pocket at times but he has the best job in sports IMO.

 

[bsmooth]

Dana's feeling the pressure now that fighters are getting proper representation. That's why he trashed that Rodolphe Belieau guy who manages Gilbert (and GSP), talking about what qualifies him to be a manager outside of being GSP's friend? How about the fact that he actually has a business education and has worked for multimillion dollar corporations and probably has a good perspective of how out of wack UFC's compensation to fighters is. Dana would rather deal with trainers who moonlight as managers to their fighters who just seem grateful for the position their in and whose business expertise doesn't go further than running a gym.

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

Dana's feeling the pressure now that fighters are getting proper representation. That's why he trashed that Rodolphe Belieau guy who manages Gilbert (and GSP), talking about what qualifies him to be a manager outside of being GSP's friend? How about the fact that he actually has a business education and has worked for multimillion dollar corporations and probably has a good perspective of how out of wack UFC's compensation to fighters is. Dana would rather deal with trainers who moonlight as managers to their fighters who just seem grateful for the position their in and whose business expertise doesn't go further than running a gym.

Dana is going to make everyone who matters look like an as-s-shole, its what he does. 10 years from now people will wonder what the phuck Dana was doing but hey buy the t shirt at Target.

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

Yo I can't believe this fakkit Dana wont bring shows to the Palm casino because they cut his line of gambling credit off

oh god , source please , I need this

 

[FaTaL]

Dana's feeling the pressure now that fighters are getting proper representation. That's why he trashed that Rodolphe Belieau guy who manages Gilbert (and GSP), talking about what qualifies him to be a manager outside of being GSP's friend? How about the fact that he actually has a business education and has worked for multimillion dollar corporations and probably has a good perspective of how out of wack UFC's compensation to fighters is. Dana would rather deal with trainers who moonlight as managers to their fighters who just seem grateful for the position their in and whose business expertise doesn't go further than running a gym.

i just have a feeling gsp is gonna lead the way to starting a union

 

[bsmooth]

Nate Quarry post on the UG forums a couple days ago

When I signed with the UFC this is what I was told"
We can't pay you much but you can have any sponsors you want.
Then: We need to approve your sponsors.
Then: You can't have any conflicting sponsors.
Then: You can't thank your sponsors after fights.
Then: We are not approving any sponsors that we don't like their product.
Then: Your sponsors have to pay us a fee of $50,000 for the pleasure to sponsor you.
Then: Your sponsors have to pay us a fee of $100,000 for the pleasure to sponsor you.
If a sponsor has a budget of 10k to sponsor a fighter, they are then out. If there are 5 shorts companies in the UFC you can only go to them for a sponsorship. If they have spent their budget or don't want to support an up and coming fighter they give you shorts instead of money. If you're fighting for $6,000 to show and fighting 3 times a year, even $500 makes a big difference. When there is no competition they don't have to pay you. I lost And1 as a sponsor when the UFC enacted the tax.
At the UFC summit a fighter asked if he could wear his own shirt. Dana laughed and said, "Uh... we can talk about it." I turned around and asked the UFC lawyer if I could wear my OWN shirt and he said, "Sure, give me $50,000 and we can talk about it."
People have no clue from the outside what it's like to fight for the UFC. After spending 10-15 years chasing your dream only to see that the company it's been your dream to fight for cares nothing about the fighters and only cares about the bottom line.
When I was fighting for the UFC we got X-Mas presents like an iPod. A very bottom of the line iPod but it was still cool. Now the guys get a gift certificate to the UFC store and can use it ONE day. Any money they don't spend on that day is forfeited.
A fighter gets to use the gym at the hotel he's fighting at for free. The cornermen and everyone with him have to pay. So I'm helping Leben make weight the day of weigh ins and have to pay to go sit in the sauna with him. The UFC couldn't say, "The fighter gets 3 people to go into the gym with him the week of the fight."
That's just nickel and dime stuff.
With every little bit they try to squeeze out of the fighters, the more the other organizations will look more attractive.
I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunity to fight for the UFC and everything I have besides my daughter has come from fighting. But let's not fool ourselves. It's not a charity. It's a business. And they are doing everything they can to make money. The fighters are just a product to use and discard. Every up and coming fighter is the best ever. Every ex-fighter who then expresses an opinion is a coward, loser, etc, etc.
I fought for the world title for $10,000. Not a penny more. No bonus. No cut of the PPV. The gate alone was 3.5 million dollars. The third highest gate in UFC history at the time. And they must have loved the fight cuz they show the final punch at the start of EVERY UFC PPV.
And that's fine. Because it's a business. But sooner or later the allure of fighting in the UFC will not be as attractive as fighting for an organization that takes care of you, appreciates you, will let you have sponsors to help make up the income gap, doesn't trash you when you think for yourself, and on and on. Just like every business you work for. It's funny to me to hear people cheer for Dana when he says things that if he was your boss and he said them about you, you would be looking for another job. But when you're signed to a contract, you can't go anywhere. No matter how much you want to.
When I retired I received a form letter, EMAILED to me that said, "Should you choose to fight again you are still under contract with the UFC." I didn't even get a hard copy with a real signature that I could frame.
As I said, I love what the UFC has done for me and my family. And specifically what Dana has done for me.
But I also know it's a business. And that's the best piece of advice I can give to wanna be fighters. Fight for the love of the game. But you better treat it like a business. Because the promoter handing you a contract sure will.

 

[Willy Waffle]

oh god , source please , I need this

breh, this shyt is almost a year and a half ago, if u notice, the tuf finals haven't been a the palms since then, either at Mandalay bay or hard rock. but the beef is over with now, dana might bring back the ufc to the pearl. the palms did a employee survey and the number 1 request was to bring back dana because of how well he tipped the employees.

http://www.mmamania.com/2012/10/29/...-ufc-events-palms-casino-gambling-credit-line

 

[jackswstd]

He ain't done yet.

 

[Willy Waffle]

Nate Quarry post on the UG forums a couple days ago

props on this, i just happen to be on shamrocks twitter and he's rallying up the troops against dana

He ain't done yet.

fukking amazing

 

[Lord Beasley]

say what u want about white, but he's right about reem and to an extent he's right about rhonda. Fatboy calls out lesnar but doesn't wanna catch a Dos Santos fade and talks about a rib injury
i hate rhonda's pre-teen attitude but you can't deny she's dominating whoever they put in front of her. and you can guarantee if cyborg was able to fight her she wouldn't back down.

he needs to hop off her dyck tho, calling her the biggest star in UFC history. FOH.

 

[The ADD]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ufc-may-soon-require-fighter-201223496--mma.html

 

[Roman Brady]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ufc-may-soon-require-fighter-201223496--mma.html

there are a lot of these stories yahoo will report that the hardcore mma sites dont..This seems like a danas threw out there but doesnt seem like something they'd seriously do

 

[Strapped]

say what u want about white, but he's right about reem and to an extent he's right about rhonda. Fatboy calls out lesnar but doesn't wanna catch a Dos Santos fade and talks about a rib injury
i hate rhonda's pre-teen attitude but you can't deny she's dominating whoever they put in front of her. and you can guarantee if cyborg was able to fight her she wouldn't back down.

he needs to hop off her dyck tho, calling her the biggest star in UFC history. FOH.

ronda has a puss

 

[jackswstd]

ronda has a puss

I'm sure Dana is well aware of that.

 

[Roman Brady]

I'm sure Dana is well aware of that.